Improved sled-brake



A. J. BRALEY.

Sled Brake.

No.'89,016. I Patented April 20; 1869.

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ANDREW J. BRALEY, OF BERLINQVERMONTV Letters Patent No. 89,016, datedApril 20, 186 9.

IMPROVED SLED-BRAKE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW J. BRALEY, of Berlin, county of Washington,and State of Vermont, have invented a new and improved Sled and Sleigh-Brake; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to 'the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a movable roll, which is movedbackward and forward in the slots B B, as may be seen by reference tothe accompanyingdrawings, by the action of the horse, or any team, inholding back when descending a hill.

When theroll A is moved backward in the slots B B, it strikes thebrake-irons, or levers O O, and forces the lower ends of them below therunners D D, to which the brake-irons or levers are attached, by meansof the bolts E E, which either pass through the runners or thebrake-bars K K, and can be shifted to'two or mor'e'holes in either therunners or bars,

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\Vhat I claim as my invention, and'desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the movable roll A, with'the slots B B, the brakes OG, the brake-bars K K, and the books I I, when constructed and operatedsubstantially as herein described, and for the purposes specified.

ANDREW J. BRALEY. Witnesses:

M. M. BRALEY, J. R. BRALEY.

